Lefthandedness among students of architecture and music.
Three groups of subjects (60 students of architecture and 88 of music, and 87 from a general student group) were assessed on lefthandedness, reading problems, dyslexia, and stuttering. There was a higher frequency of lefthandedness among students of architecture, as well as a higher frequency of reading difficulties, dyslexia and stuttering among students of architecture and music, than the comparison group. These findings were discussed in relation to Geschwind's hypotheses.
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, Ostmarka Hospital, University of Trondheim.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001108:Architecture; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009664:Norway; D013334:Students; D013342:Stuttering / Q000453:epidemiology; D014427:Twins